UK and UTEP are expected to meet in 2016, the 50th anniversary of their 1996 championship game.

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Jonathan Lintner
jlintner@courier-journal.com

The University of Kentucky and UTEP basketball programs are working toward a deal to meet in a 2016, the 50th anniversary season of the NCAA championship game between UK and the school formerly known as Texas Western.

Miners coach Tim Floyd made the announcement Wednesday to a group of fans and media members at UTEP's season tipoff luncheon.

Both sides continue negotiating the particulars, reported Darren Hunt from the El Paso, Texas, ABC affiliate. Hunt said Floyd told fans the rematch will likely be played on Martin Luther King Day in College Park, Md., site of the 1966 game. ...